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From: "Richard M. Stallman" <rms@gnu.org>
To: Coywolf Qi Hunt <coywolf@gmail.com>
Cc: luke-jr@utopios.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
In-reply-to: <2cd57c900512061742s28f57b5eu@mail.gmail.com> (message from Coywolf Qi Hunt on Wed, 7 Dec 2005 09:42:22 +0800)
Subject: Re: GNU/Linux in a binary world... a doomsday scenario
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Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 05:16:28 +0000 (UTC)
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    > No proprietary software here, excluding things such as firmware/BIOS where
    > there is no choice.

    Why 'excluding'? You can't deny you are using proprietary software.
    Neither do us.

The FSF chose, for its newest server, a machine that supports a
free BIOS.  You can make such choices too.

We are also trying to help the work to support free BIOS on a laptop
so that my next laptop can run a free BIOS.  There are surely ways you
can help, too, if you want to be constructive.

Non-free device firmware is also a problem, when it has to be
installed from outside the device.  The OpenBSD developers have done a
lot of work to arrange to avoid non-free device firmware.  The FSF
tries to help too; we maintain some lists of hardware which works
without non-free firmware.  We need more of these lists; if you are an
expert on some category of hardware, and you would like to help,
please write to me.
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